2009 Tercero Gewürztraminer The Outlier

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  10/27/2014 - grafstrb wrote:

  -- cracked and poured --
  -- tasted non-blind over a couple hours --
  
  {Same experience as most recent bottle}. Typical, medium-sweet lychee aroma on the Nose. Medium bodied on the palate. Slight alcohol taste; lots of mineral; noticeably slightly sweet. The fruit is fading here, and I would recommend drinking up. Great QPR.

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  5/28/2014 - grafstrb wrote:

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  NOSE: smells a bit sweet; typical lychee; smoky twigs; tropical-fruited; a touch floral; simple.
  
  BODY: pale yellow-green color; medium bodied.
  
  TASTE: noticeably off-dry, which I recall from prior experience with this wine; papaya; nice smoky mineral aspect to this --- flinty?; 12.5% alc. not noticeable; very good, as long as the r.s. isn’t a deal-breaker; medium to medium-long finish of medium intensity; I prefer a drier (or much sweeter) expression of Gewurztraminer --- this is kind of half-dry; overall, solid-but-not-exciting performance for this bottle; I seem to recall liking this a bit more a few years ago, back when it had more intensity of fruit flavor married to its sweetness and mineral tones. Although it would be interesting to see where this would go with two or three more years in the cellar, I’m not confident it would necessarily get any better. Drink now.

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  10/1/2012 - Steve Brickley Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Drink now, its in window. Honey nose; a lighter, easier to drink gewurz, slight lychee, honey (but not particularly sweet). It's fruit has dopped off ever so slightly since the last bottle. It has another 12 months without dropping to far off, but why wait? Thoroughly enjoyable just by itself.

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  10/1/2012 - ksmith wrote: 87 Points

  Pleasant enough white wine. Much less spicy and more lemony than a 'typical' Gewurtz. As my wife observed, "I don't dislike it. I'm just not a fan."

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  5/18/2012 - docjavadude wrote: 92 Points

  Warm spring evening on the front porch and a perfect occasion for The Outlier. Love the fruit, spice, acidity, and minerality of this wine. Aromatic, crisp, flavorful. Never disappointed in this wine.

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